Probate and Administration Ordinance

(1)
The Registrar shall be ex officio Official Administrator under this Ordinance.
(2)
In all cases the Official Administrator shall be subject to the immediate control and act under the direction of the court.
(3)
The Official Administrator may employ a solicitor or other agent to do any business which may be sanctioned by the court.
(4)
An application by the Official Administrator to the court may be made personally, and without notice or other formality; but the court may in any case order that an application be renewed in a formal manner, and that such notice thereof be given to any person likely to be affected thereby as the court may direct.
(5)
For the purpose of subsection
                (1),
                the term
Registrar
(
司法常務官
) does not include a Senior Deputy
                Registrar, Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of the High Court, but the powers
                and duties of the Official Administrator may be exercised by a Senior Deputy
                Registrar, Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of the High Court.
(Amended
10 of 2005 s. 171
;
E.R. 5 of 2020
)